Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
Ukraine's Nuclear Disarmament: A History
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- Yuri Kostenko
- Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
- Paperback
- 9780674295346
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- History > Military - Nuclear Warfare
- English
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In December 1994, Ukraine gave up the third-largest nuclear arsenal in the world and signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty, having received assurances that its sovereignty would be respected and secured by Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Based on original and heretofore unavailable documents, Yuri Kostenko's account of the negotiations between Ukraine, Russia, and the US reveals for the first time the internal debates of the Ukrainian government as well as the pressure exerted upon it by its international partners.
Kostenko presents an insider's view on the issue of nuclear disarmament and raises the question of whether the complete and immediate dismantlement of the country's enormous nuclear arsenal was strategically the right decision, especially in view of the 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia, one of the guarantors of Ukraine's sovereignty under denuclearization.
Author Bio
Yuri Kostenko between 1992 and 1998 served as the Minister of Environment Protection and subsequently he was involved in the nuclear disarmament agreement involving Russia, U.S. and European nations.
Kostenko was a candidate in 2010 Ukrainian presidential election under the Ukrainian People's Party.
Source: Interfax and Ukrainian newspapers
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